Principal Engineer - Backend (Golang)

We are seeking Senior Backend Engineers who can hack around multiple technologies and build highly scalable, low-latency, distributed systems with RESTful services. You will be responsible for developing new software products (internal) and solving complex technical challenges for scale-ups and enterprise companies. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities—

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, and maintainable code.
• Solving complex technical problems.
• Performing an objective analysis of the problem statement and coming up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code.
• Coordinating cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards.
• Participating in and driving code reviews.
• Building robust, secure, and scalable microservices.
• Implementing RESTful services with a metric-driven API Gateway.
• Ensuring sub-second server response and will be responsible for implementing relational, document, key, object, or graph data stores, index stores and messaging stores as needed.
• Tracking defects and work with business owners and users to triage bugs and manage backlog
• Taking ownership to run and maintain Cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluating relevant technologies, influencing and driving architecture and design discussions.
• Architecting & designing the platform.
• Mentoring junior engineers helping them grow, performing code reviews, system monitoring & delegation.
• Writing documentation & create engineering processes.
• Working as an individual contributor.
• Helping drive KPIs with Product.
• Taking ownership of backend systems.
• Helping with unit tests & QA process.
• Scaling the engineering team.
• System scaling to hundreds of millions of users.
• Working with product managers and designs.

Requirements—

• Overall 5-10 years of experience in software development with a strong base in Golang/Java/Python and a degree in Computer Science(optional).
• Experience with Go, K8, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD.
• Experience with micro web frameworks – like Springboot, Gin/Mux.
• Experience in working with microservice architectures, Transactional systems, and Distributed environments.
• Exposure to building RESTful APIs with monitoring, fault tolerance, and metrics (with something like Hystrix).
• Experience with MySQL, and NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB).
• Experience in server-side services using ElasticSearch and ESB - Camel, ActiveMQ.
• DevOps experience.
• Experience with AWS stack.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• To be a self-starter who can work well with minimal to no guidance in a fluid environment.
• To be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable & distributed systems.
• To be agile and able to adapt quickly to changing requirements scope and priorities.
• To be experienced in working on massively large-scale data systems in production environments.
• To have led or mentored an engineering team before(optional).
• To have contributed to open-source projects.
• To have a strong drive & desire for continued growth.
• Proficiency in English.
• Experience with Web3(optional).

Benefits—

• Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
• Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
• High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.

About us—

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

🚀Job Title : Senior Backend Engineer (Java / Golang) SDE 3

Experience : 5 to 12 Years

Positions : 4

Employment Type : C2H (Contract to Hire)

Contract Duration : 3 Months

Location : Remote during contract → Pune after conversion

Work Mode After Conversion : 5 Days WFO

Notice Period : Immediate / Serving Notice / Up to 15 Days preferred

Mandatory Skills : Golang (1+ year mandatory), 5+ years Backend Development, System Design, Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST / GraphQL APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, SQL & NoSQL Databases, AWS / GCP / Azure, Strong Problem-Solving & Communication Skills.

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer / SDE 3 with strong expertise in Java / Golang to design and build scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services and APIs.

The role involves hands-on coding, system design, microservices, distributed systems, and collaboration with engineering and infrastructure teams.

Must-Have Skills :

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang.
• Minimum 1+ year of Golang experience is mandatory.
• Strong understanding of System Design & Distributed Systems.
• Experience with REST / GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Experience with Event Queues / Asynchronous Processing.
• Strong knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Important Note for Java Candidates :

Java candidates can be considered only if they have at least 1+ year of hands-on Golang experience and are willing to work in Golang.

Candidates with less than 1 year of Golang experience will not be considered.

Good to Have :

• Experience in Fintech / Payments / Transaction-heavy systems
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Datadog / Prometheus / Grafana
• CI/CD experience
• Exposure to Java or Ruby

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang.
• Build reliable, secure, and high-performance microservices and APIs.
• Implement event-driven and asynchronous processing systems.
• Work on system architecture, scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Participate in system design, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Collaborate with mobile, web, and infrastructure teams.
• Develop unit, integration, and performance tests.
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, documentation, and engineering best practices.

Interview Process :

Round 1 : Take-Home Coding Assessment – Submission within 48 hours

Round 2 : Code Pairing – Problem Extension

Round 3 : Culture Fitment

About the team

SecurITe’s mission is to build an Agentic‑AI driven security platform that protects critical infrastructure from modern cyber threats. Our focus is on delivering highly performant, resilient, and intelligent network security systems that help defenders stay ahead of adversaries.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Golang Engineer to spearhead the development of our next-generation cybersecurity AI platform. In this role, you will build and scale robust backend systems to solve complex, high-impact technical challenges.

Why This Role Matters

Cybersecurity is undergoing a fundamental shift. AI is no longer an enhancement—it’s becoming the core engine of how detection, investigation, and response are executed. As our Golang Engineer, you will architect and build the backend systems that make this transformation real. Your work will influence not only the evolution of our platform, but also how an entire industry adapts to and leverages AI‑driven security. This is a chance to solve novel technical challenges while shaping how defenders outpace modern attackers.

What You’ll Do

●    Design and develop scalable backend services and REST APIs using Golang.

●    Architect and maintain microservices-based systems.

●    Perform rigorous debugging and system performance optimization.

●    Integrate services with Opensearch, Elasticsearch, and Sumo APIs.

●    Manage and optimize data interactions with SQL databases.

Impact You’ll Have

●    Build the foundational infrastructure that enables real-time AI-driven threat detection.

●    Ensure the reliability and performance of critical security systems under high-load scenarios.

●    Directly contribute to the resilience of global critical infrastructure by shipping secure and efficient code.

Required Experience

●    4-8+ years of experience in Golang and REST APIs

●    Extensive experience in professional backend software development.

●    Proven track record of designing and deploying distributed systems at scale.

●    Demonstrated experience optimizing performance for data-intensive applications.

●    Proven experience leading or architecting large-scale distributed systems and driving technical strategy.

Required Skills & Qualifications

●    Expertise in Golang development.

●    Deep experience building Backend/REST APIs.

●    Proficiency in Python.

●    Strong understanding of Microservice architecture.

●    Experience with SQL databases.

●    Experience with Opensearch, Elasticsearch, or Sumo APIs.

●    Strong capabilities in debugging and performance optimization.

Nice to Have

●    Knowledge of Identity, Authentication, and Authorization protocols (OAuth, SAML, JWT).

●    Experience working in Linux environments.

The Mindset

●    Problem Solver: You thrive on complex, ambiguous challenges and engineer elegant solutions.

●    Ownership‑Driven: You take initiative, move fast, and deliver outcomes without hand‑holding.

●    Continuous Learner: You stay ahead of the curve in AI, ML, and emerging technologies.

●    Startup DNA: You excel in fast‑moving environments where priorities evolve and impact is immediate.

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Company: House of EdTech (Goenka Kachave LLP)

Location: Bangalore, Hybrid

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 5+ Years

About the Role

House of EdTech is looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Backend to design, develop, and scale high-performance backend services and APIs supporting products used by millions of learners.

You’ll work closely with Product, Frontend, Data, and Engineering teams while taking end-to-end ownership of backend features and contributing to system architecture and technical decisions.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop scalable backend services and REST APIs.
• Build reliable systems capable of handling high traffic and large data volumes.
• Own backend features from design and development through deployment and monitoring.
• Work with microservices, databases, and distributed systems.
• Identify and solve performance, scalability, reliability, and security challenges.
• Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Monitor production systems and troubleshoot incidents.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Python, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and databases.
• Experience with cloud/infrastructure technologies such as GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including security, reliability, testing, and code quality.
• Experience with system design, architecture, and technical decision-making.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers is a plus.

Why Join House of EdTech?

• Work on products impacting millions of learners.
• Solve challenging backend and scalability problems.
• Take significant ownership of architecture and engineering decisions.
• Opportunity to grow into technical leadership and architectural ownership.
• Work in a fast-growing technology environment.

Required Experience: 10–15 years (with at least 3–5 years in leadership roles)

● 10–15 years of overall experience in backend engineering, with strong exposure to

Python and/or Golang.

● 3–5 years of experience managing engineering teams.

● Proven experience delivering large-scale, distributed systems in production

environments.

● Strong understanding of microservices, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps

practices.

● Hands-on background in backend engineering (able to guide teams technically, even

if not coding daily).

● Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability, and performance optimization.

● Experience in financial services or high-transaction domains is a plus.

● Experience leading teams that have utilized AI-driven development practices (e.g.,

agentic coding, LLM integration) to improve productivity and innovation is a

significant advantage.

Skills

● Excellent leadership and people management abilities.

● Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

● Ability to balance technical depth with business priorities.

● Problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivery and impact.

● Passion for building engineering culture and improving developer experience.

🚀 Job Title : Backend Engineer (Go / Python / Java)

Experience : 3+ Years

Location : Bangalore (Client Location – Work From Office)

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days

Open Positions : 4

Working Days : 6 Days a Week

🧠 Job Summary :

We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems in a fast-paced product environment.

You will own large features end-to-end — from design and development to deployment and monitoring — while collaborating closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams.

This role requires strong backend fundamentals, distributed systems exposure, and a mindset of operational ownership.

⭐ Mandatory Skills :

Strong backend development experience in Go / Python (FastAPI) / Java (Spring Boot) with hands-on expertise in Microservices, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/SQS, AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and strong DSA & System Design fundamentals.

🔧 Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, test, and deploy backend services end-to-end.
• Build scalable, modular, and production-grade microservices.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs.
• Architect reliable distributed systems with performance and fault tolerance in mind.
• Debug complex cross-system production issues.
• Implement secure development practices (authentication, authorization, data integrity).
• Work with monitoring dashboards, alerts, and performance metrics.
• Participate in code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams.

✅ Required Skills :

• Strong proficiency in Go OR Python (FastAPI) OR Java (Spring Boot).
• Hands-on experience building Microservices-based architectures.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs & distributed systems.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
• Exposure to Kafka / SQS or other messaging systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures & System Design.
• Ability to independently own features and solve ambiguous engineering problems.

⭐ Preferred Background :

• Experience in product-based companies.
• Exposure to high-throughput or event-driven systems.
• Strong focus on code quality, observability, and reliability.
• Comfortable working in high-growth, fast-paced environments.

🧑‍💻 Interview Process :

• 1 Internal Screening Round
• HR Discussion (Project & Communication Evaluation)
• 3 Technical Rounds with Client

This is a fresh requirement, and interviews will be scheduled immediately.

At BigThinkCode, our technology solves complex problems. We are looking for talented backend engineer to join our development team at Chennai.

If you are passionate about building scalable applications and have strong experience in any backend programming or with interest for Golang and modern web technologies, we would love to hear from you!

Please find below our job description, if interested apply / reply sharing your profile to connect and discuss.

• Company: BigThinkCode Technologies
• URL: https://www.bigthinkcode.com/
• Experience required: 4 - 5 years
• Work location: Chennai
• Joining time: Immediate – 2 weeks
• Work Mode: Work from office (Hybrid)

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Developer with strong Golang experience to join our growing engineering team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in building scalable web applications, backend services, APIs, and modern frontend applications.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and high-performance web applications.
• Build and maintain robust backend services and RESTful APIs using Golang.
• Develop responsive and user-friendly frontend applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript technologies.
• Work on end-to-end application development, including frontend, backend, APIs, and database integrations.
• Design and develop scalable, secure, and maintainable application architecture.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, reusable, efficient, and well-tested code.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices and coding standards.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application and production issues.
• Contribute to performance optimization, scalability, and continuous improvement of applications.
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 What We’re Looking For

• 4–5 years of hands-on experience in software development.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Managing, mentoring small team of 2-3 members.
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang or Erlang or other programming languages with interest, learn Golang for backend development.
• Experience building RESTful APIs, backend services, and microservices.
• Good experience with JavaScript and/or TypeScript and modern frontend development.
• Experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, data structures, and scalable application architecture.
• Experience with Git and version control workflows.
• Good understanding of API security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced engineering environment.
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 Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized applications.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

About the company

The client is a US-based cybersecurity startup prevents, detects, and responds to software supply chain attacks by analyzing behavior across the full software development lifecycle for both developers and AI coding agents. They are building a vertical AI agent for supply chain security across three pillars: securing AI agents on developer machines, OSS package security, and CI/CD security, covering the entire agentic pipeline from dev environment to cloud.

About the Job

We are seeking backend engineers to build and maintain the CI/CD security platform's backend systems and components (GitHub Actions). This high-impact role involves setting best practices and owning engineering processes, with contributions used by thousands of developers globally. Our primary languages are Golang and Node.js.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience, strong engineering fundamentals (cyber security background not mandatory), AI-native mindset, comfortable with a hands-on zero-to-one environment. We use Golang as our primary language.
• Must-haves: Golang backend programming; AWS/Azure/GCP background; scalable/fault-tolerant system design.
• For all engineering positions, prior early-stage startup experience is a must-have requirement.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Solid understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices.Expertise in building scalable and fault-tolerant systems.
• Strong collaborative and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated, creative thinker with a drive for continuous improvement.
• Experience in a startup or high-impact, outcome-driven environment.

Location

India remote. Candidates should be able to overlap a few hours with Pacific Time (PT) when working on urgent customer issues as required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software solutions.
• Architect and implement CI/CD components (GitHub Actions).
• Deliver features incrementally in quick iterations.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following industry best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex software issues promptly.

Why Join Us

• The company is at the forefront of supply chain security research and product development. They were the first to detect several major supply chain attacks in 2025 and 2026 such as the axios npm compromise, tj-actions, etc
• Their research and findings are regularly cited by major publications such as Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Hacker News, and Dark Reading. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the primary cybersecurity agency for the US federal government, has published several cybersecurity advisories citing our work
• In addition to having several enterprise customers, we have been adopted by more than 15,000 open-source projects, including projects from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Datadog, and others.
• Engineers joining now get to work on hard, high-impact problems at the intersection of security, AI, and open source, with meaningful equity upside at an early stage.

Golang Developer

Experience: 6-8 years

Employment Type: Contractual(2 months), Full-time

Desired Skill: Golang, GRPC, RestAPIs, AWS

Work Mode: Pune, India

Availability: Immediate Joiners

This is the contractual opportunity on a full time basis.

Must have skills:

● 6+years of Software Development experience

● 5+years of GoLang programming; Prefers additional proficiency in either Java or Python

● Knowledgeable in writing REST APIs

● Comfortable programming in production grade systems

● Experience with building HTTP based services

● Strong background of optimizing performance

● Familiarity with event-driven systems

● Experience dealing with highly concurrent, distributed architectures/systems.

Good to have skills:

• Exposure to relational databases
• Experience with Cloud Providers such as AWS is an advantage; cloud privileged access (CIEM, IAM roles, ephemeral credentials)
• Experience using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code would be an advantage
• Hands-on experience building or extending Privileged Access Management (PAM) capabilities — credential vaulting, secrets management, password rotation, just-in-time / time-bound privileged access
• Working knowledge of privileged session management and session recording — session proxying/brokering, keystroke and video capture, session replay, live monitoring and termination, tamper-evident audit trails
• Familiarity with remote access protocols and gateways — SSH, RDP, HTTPS/web-based sessions; protocol proxying and man-in-the-middle session interception

   At BigThinkCode, we build innovative technology solutions that solve complex enterprise challenges. We are looking for a highly skilled Go/Golang Engineer who thrives in building low-latency, distributed systems and enjoys working on security sensitive platforms.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge SaaS platforms, building scalable backend systems that operate in demanding environments requiring high reliability, security, and performance.

Please find below our job description, if interested apply / reply sharing your profile to connect and discuss.

Company: BigThinkCode Technologies

URL: https://www.bigthinkcode.com/

Experience required: 3-6 years

Work location: Chennai

Joining time: Immediate – 4 weeks

Work Mode: Work from office / Hybrid

Must have skills:

• Hands on expertise in Go / Golang, low-latency routing, distributed systems.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting low-latency applications.
• Experience in enterprise software deploy / developing SaaS application is a plus
• Event drive architecture (EDA) microservices project experience is a plus.
• Additional programming knowledge: Typescript or NodeJS or Python
• Hands on experience using docket containers and Kubernetes.
• Aware about Observability, Asynchronous and Loose Coupling.
• Familiar with deep knowledge on infrastructure and customer application deployment
• Work with message brokers and streaming technologies such as Kafka, or similar event-driven platforms.

A skilled Go/Golang Developer with 3–6 years of experience in building scalable applications using event-driven architecture within distributed systems. The ideal candidate should be comfortable in low level programming, high-performance backend services and have a strong understanding of Observability, asynchronous programming patterns.

Experience or exposure to knowledge embedding and vectorization techniques is a strong plus, especially in the context of modern data-driven or AI-powered systems.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Go / Golang
• Strong engineer with security-sensitive, correctness-critical code paths
• Engineer worked on SAAS / On-prem environment
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for engineers who:

• Have strong ownership mindset and platform thinking.
• Can balance correctness, performance, and simplicity under pressure.
• Are comfortable making architectural decisions in distributed environments.
• Use AI-assisted development tools effectively while maintaining engineering judgment.
• Can distinguish robust production-grade solutions from generated boilerplate code.
• Have experience supporting SaaS, hybrid-cloud, or on-premise deployments.

Why Join Us:

• Collaborative work environment.
• Exposure to modern tools and scalable application architectures.
• Medical cover for employee and eligible dependents.
• Tax beneficial salary structure.
• Comprehensive leave policy
• Competency development training programs.